Fastener for bag-handles.



M. H. EISEMAN.

PASTENER POR BAG HANDLBS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, 1909.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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MOSES II. EISEMAN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNoru` or ONE-HALF To wormsa LOEB,

- OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION.

Y rAsaENnn ron BAG-HANDLES.

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, Specification of Letters Patent.

VPatented Mar. 2, 1915.

n Application filed-April 10, 1909. Serial No. 489,226.

T o all whom it may concern 4 Be it known thatfI, Moens H. EIsnMAN, acitizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook,and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Fasteners for Bag- Handles, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to fasteners `for bag handles and seeks to providea fastening device of simple construction having an improvedinterlooping ring for connecting the bag handle to the clip on the bagframe.

A further' object of the invention is to provide a protector plate inconnection with the fastener arranged to prevent the rubbing of the ringupon the leather face of the bag frame.

rIlhe invention consists in the features of improvement hereinafter setforth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularlypointed ont in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the improvedfastening device with parts of the bag shown in section on the line 1 1of Fig. 3; Fig. 2 is a similar view with parts shown in section on theline 2-2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a side view with parts shown in section onthe lines 3-3 of Fi s. 1 and 2.

he sides 1 of the bag which are formed of leather or other suitablematerial, and the bag lining 2 are secured at their upper edges to theangle bars 3 and t of the bag frame. rIhe frame bars 3 and 4 are formedof metal and are provided with a leather covering 5. The bag sides 1 andthe lining 2 are secured in the usual manner to the inner faces of thevertical portions of they frame bars 3 and 4L by means of metal platesor bars-6 and rivets 7.

The'bag handle 8 is made as usual of leather. That shown consists of adouble thickness of leather and terminates in a loop 9. The vhandle isconnected by a ring 10 to a suitable clip securedto the upper face ofthe frame bar 3. The clip, in the form shown, is formed of Sheet metal,preferably brass, and is stamped up to form a body portion 11 havingtop, side and end walls, a central, transverse raised portion 12 andprojecting base iianges or lips 13 at its ends.

The connecting or interlooping` ring 9 is formed of bendabe,non-resilient metal, preferably/brass, and tho body of the ring ispreferably circular in cross Section as shown. The ring is separable atone point and one end of the ring is cut away on its underside and theother end is cut away on outer side to form overlapping end portions ortongues 1&1. These overlapping` end portions are provided with square orradial abutting end faces and shoulders 15 and 16 and withcircumferentially extending meetlng faces 17, all of whichl faces are atright angles to the plane of the ring. The Overlapping, portions are ofreduced thickness so that, when brought into line, the ring will be ofuniform section throughout. By thus providing these overlapped portions,the

ring cannot be readily disengaged from the connected parts by spreading,as in prior constructions in which the end portions of the ring are notoverlapped. The square ends and shoulders 15 and 16 of the overlappingend portions facilitate the bringing of these end portions accuratelyinto line so that the face of the ring at the joint will be smooth andwillk present a neat appearance. The ring is made of bendable metal sothat the overlapping end portions can be moved in axial direction toopen the ring, if necessary, to insert the same into the bag clip orinto the loop of the handle.

The sides of the raised, central portion 12 of the clip are cut awayfrom their lower edges to form openings or open-bottomed notches 18through which the interlooping ring 10 extends. A protector plate 19 isarranged within the clip 11 and between the ring 10 and the leather faceof the frame bar 8. This protector plate is held in place, preferably byextending the ends thereof beneath the base flanges or lips 13 of theclin, so that the rivets 2O which extend through the lips 13 and theframe bar 3 also extend through the ends of the protector plate. Theprotector plate in the form shown, is also provided with upturned sideedges 21 which fit within the body portion 11 of the clip. These sideedges are provided with notches 22 through which the connector ringextends. This plate closes the open-bottomed notches 18 and prevents thering or any projecting edges i at the abutting ends thereof from rubbingyon and Wearing the leather cover 5 off the frame.

I claim as my invention l. In fasteners for bag handles, theconibination With the bag handle and the bag frame, of a chambered clipformed of a single piece of stamped metal and comprising araised centralportion having depending side and end Walls and outwardly projectingbase flanges extending from the lower edges of said end Walls, thedepending side Walls of said raised portion having central,open-bottomed notches, a ring exy1 tending throughl said notchesl andthe end of said handle, a separate, flat protector plate resting onthebase of said bag frame beneath the ring and extending beneath. theend base flanges of said frame, rivets extending through said baseianges and the ends of said protector plate and through said fra-nie,substantially as described.

2. In fasteners for bag handles, the com- Gopies of this patent may beobtained for bination with the bag handle and the bag frame, of achambered clip formed of a single piece of stamped metal andcomprisextending through said base iianges and through the ends of saidprotector plate and said frame, said protector plate having upwardlyprojecting flanges at its side edges extending into the chamber of saidclip and centrally notched toy engage and position said ring,substantially as described.

MOSES H. EISEMAN.

Witnesses:

CLARA A. NORTON, KATHARINE GERLACH.

:five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofv Patents.

WashingtonlD. C.

